[Libs-Or] Is there any discussion in the library community about the EOU Pierce Library controversy?

[Candise Branum]

This is actually the first I've heard of this!

ACRL-Oregon absolutely does advocacy on behalf of academic library workers
and our communities in Oregon. If someone from EOU could reach out to me,
I'd be happy to work with them to figure out how ACRL-Oregon could help out
-- be that creating a public statement, writing a letter to administrators,
or another avenue of support I haven't yet thought of. This goes for any
other academic libraries out there as well!!

Bryan, if your EOU friend is not on libs-or, feel free to pass along my
contact info; they can email me at acrlor at olaweb.org.

*Candise Branum*
ACRL-Oregon President
*Pronouns: She / They*


On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 11:54 AM Bryan Miyagishima <miyagib at linnbenton.edu>
wrote:

> A friend of mine who works at EOU let me know what's going on with possibly
> renaming the library
> <https://www.lagrandeobserver.com/news/local/eou-still-considering-name-change-for-pierce-library/article_f744ee4c-aa79-11ea-90d8-0b3f78cb9a88.html>.
> I'd like to know if there's any discussions within OLA or ACRL-OR taking
> place as to whether the greater library community could lend support to
> this cause. And I suppose I'd like to know if the associations are taking a
> neutral stance and why.
>
> I know that various of our groups have done advocacy work many times in
> the past for individual libraries. It could be that we could do some
> advocacy for EOU students and faculty as well in this particular case.
>
> Bryan Miyagishima, Linn-Benton Community College Library
>
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